Government Won’t Extend Poor People Camp Permit
Washington AP reports the Poor People Campaign shanty town Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial ended its federal permit at 8 pm with no extension. Interior Department urged SCLC to vacate and dismantle, amid tear gas clashes and a calm night as protesters vowed to stay.
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Resurrection City
Lincoln
Interior Department
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Department of the Interior
Bonus Army
America
Washington Monument
James Groppi
Milwaukee
Tropical Storm Candy Hits Texas Coast
Tropical storm Candy battered the Texas coast with 62 mph winds near Austwell and threatened 6 inches of rain. The center veered toward Corpus Christi as tornado warnings covered 30 counties. Bridges on Mustang Island washed out and Padre Island traffic was halted by a police barricade.
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Austwell
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
San Patricio Bay
Matagorda Bay
Mustang Island
Padre Island
Corpus Christo
Bay City
Victoria
Cameron
el Campo
44 South Viet Soldiers Killed In Ambush Northeast of Saigon
U S backed reports say 44 South Vietnamese infantrymen were killed and 71 wounded when a battalion was struck on Highway 20 sixty miles northeast of Saigon. American helicopters airlifted a second battalion to reinforce the besieged column. The clash came as U S forces intensified air operations against targets in North Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Air Force
Marine
Navy
Demilitarized Zone
British Rail Strike Looms Threatens UK Rail Services
Britain's sixth rail slowdown in 18 months looms as Sidney Greene of the National Union of Railwaymen says nothing can avert action by 270,000 members at midnight. British Railways cuts schedules and warns services cannot be guaranteed while police prepare emergency parking in major cities as overtime is refused.
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London
Britain
Sidney Greene
National Union of Railwaymen
British Railways
Humphrey Wins All Minnesota At-Large Delegates
At the Minnesota Democratic convention in St Paul Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey swept all 20 at-large delegates over Eugene J. McCarthy, winning 382 to 13 in the final tally. Humphrey also secured all 10 alternates and helped his allies retain four top party posts including Warren Spannaus as state chairman and Rep. John A. Blatnik as national committeeman.
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ST. Paul
Humphrey
McCarthy
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Warren Spannaus
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Brenda Strengthens to Hurricane as It Moves Northeast
Tropical storm Brenda became a hurricane, speeding north east in the open Atlantic. A Navy reconnaissance plane placed Brenda’s center near 35.3 N, 67.5 W about 260 miles northwest of Bermuda, with winds up to 75 mph and gales extending 200 miles northeast and 100 miles southwest.
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Miami
Fla
Brenda
Atlantic
Navy
Bermuda
Essa 2
Weather Bureau
Huntington Girl Shot In Street Tragedy Stuns City
A 17 year old girl, Janet Camp, was shot in the back of the head on a Huntington street near a night spot shortly after midnight. She died Sunday afternoon at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Police seek the unidentified assailant with little to no clues.
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Huntingon
Huntington City
Cabell-Huntington Hospital
Janet Camp
Huntington
Frenchmen Rally Behind De Gaulle Beats Back Opposition
Paris reports show De Gaulle and allies winning a solid majority in the first round of elections for the 487 seat National Assembly. About 130 Gaullist candidates declared elected with runoffs set for next Sunday as unions seek to stabilize post upheaval discontent.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist Union For Defense of the Republic
Republicans
de Gaulle
Rhodes Decision Should Determine How Delegates Will Vote In Ohio
In Ohio the fight for Republican convention delegates is quiet as Governor James A. Rhodes weighs how to steer delegates. Rockefeller needs Ohio votes to stay viable, Nixon could win big with all 58 delegates, but Rhodes plans no public prediction and has not decided his delegation’s first ballot. He may be offered a vice presidency and says he is disinterested, awaiting a possible convention deadlock.
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Ohio
Columbus
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
James A. Rhodes
New York
Nixon
OE0 Denies Knowledge of Chicago Gang Arms Stockpile
The Office of Economic Opportunity defends a 927000 grant to teach job skills to Chicago gang members while denying any knowledge of arms stockpiles. CEO Bertrand Harding cites sensational charges and defends program credibility as Senate investigators examine ties to the Blackstone Rangers and other gangs.
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Chicago
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Bertrand Harding
George Rose
Blackstone Rangers
Rangers
Rose
John Fry
First Presbyterian Church
Harding
John J. McClellan
Dark
East Side Disciples
NATO ministers press for East West disengagement in Europe
NATO foreign ministers meet in Reykjavik to seek East West military disengagement in Europe and to plan for a reconciliation with France if De Gaulle steps down. They push for reduced armed forces and an all European security framework with German reunification as a goal.
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NATO
Reykjavik
Iceland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Arctic Circle
France
Germany
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California
Sharon Kay Terrill
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University of Chicago
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Roger Seydoux
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